Without Ukraine, Russia's imperial aspirations are essentially nostalgia, but it's not a real policy.

Shortly, the public will be unable to reason or think for themselves. They'll only be able to parrot the information they've been given on the previous night's news.

People, governments and economies of all nations must serve the needs of multinational banks and corporations.

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen.

Today it is infinitely easier to kill one million people than to control one million people.

The key point to bear in mind is that Russia cannot be in Europe without Ukraine also being in Europe, whereas Ukraine can be in Europe without Russia being in Europe.

The scope of America's global hegemony is admittedly great, but its depth is shallow, limited by both domestic and external restraints.

The mistakes of the Iraq war are not only tactical and strategic, but historical. It is essentially a war of colonialism, attempted in the post-colonial age.

According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.

One has to understand what the enemy is all about: the enemy's history, the enemy's culture, the enemy's aspirations. If you understand these well, you can perhaps move towards peace.

This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

You are not expected to know, but you are expected to wish to know.

In your heart of hearts, I believe all of you around this table know what this country needs.

Encourage 'random' picks on the ball because they cannot be scouted

Every age has its happiness and troubles.

We are pantheists as natural scientists, polytheists as poets, and monotheists as moral beings.

In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them. Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness. Her raven boys.

It is my unmistakable belief that not a blade of grass moves but by the divine will.

There is in us more of the appearance of sense and virtue than of the reality.

You can't please everybody, Microsoft. So stop trying.